Chinh phục, khuất phục; đánh bại

to subdue nature

chinh phục thiên nhiên

to subdue one's enemy

đánh bại kẻ thù

Nén (dục vọng..); làm dịu bớt, làm hạ bớt (nhất là cảm xúc)

to subdue one's passions

nén dục vọng của mình

subdued light

ánh sáng dịu

subdued manners

cách cư xử dịu dàng

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) vỡ hoang, cày cấy (đất)

chinh phục

Put or beat down, quell, repress, suppress, quash, crush,control, master, overpower, gain mastery or control or the upperhand over, get the better of, dominate, triumph over, hold orkeep in check, bridle, tame: Having subdued the uprising,government forces are again in control.

Conquer, vanquish,defeat, overcome: The Mongol horde subdued all the people intheir path.

Quiet(en) or tone down, moderate, mellow, temper,soften, soft-pedal, check, curb, control: His anger was subduedby her calm words.

(subdues, subdued, subduing) 1 conquer, subjugate, ortame (an enemy, nature, one's emotions, etc.).

(as subduedadj.) softened; lacking in intensity; toned down (subdued light;in a subdued mood).

Subduable adj. subdual n. [ME sodewe f.OF so(u)duire f. L subducere (as SUB-, ducere lead, bring) usedwith the sense of subdere conquer (as SUB-, -dere put)]